The Shining Star of Williamsburg

Week of November 16, 2015

Students should be using the websites provided last week to practice their multiplication and math facts. If you don’t have access to a computer, children should use their flashcards instead.

Math Test – Thursday on Understanding Multiplication. Please see last week’s newsletter for lessons that will be covered.

Math News:

Topic: Multiplication Facts and Strategies

During the next few weeks, the class will be learning how to multiply with the factors 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. We will be delving into various strategies that provide practice with multiplication facts and strategies. Some of the strategies that we will be looking at very closely are:

· Drawing equal groups
· Making an array
· Skip-counting
· Skip-counting on a number line
· Making a bar model
· Using the Distributive Property to break apart an array
· Using the Associative Property of Multiplication to show the grouping of factors in another way in order to find the product
· Finding Patterns on a Multiplication Table

Students MUST know the 0-12 Multiplication facts by memory!!!

Science News:

Topic: Electricity and Magnets.

· Describe static and current electricity
· Distinguish insulators from conductors and give examples
· Describe how electricity moves
· Recognize types and properties of magnets
· Recognize magnetic materials
· Uses of magnets in everyday life
· Recognize how magnets can be used to do work
· Describe the properties and uses of electromagnets
· Explain how a generator works